Skills to distinguish Developmental Dyscalculia from typical developing students

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Both domain-specific nonsymbolic magnitude representation and domain-general executive function both contribute to developmental dyscalculia. Thus, both domain-specific and domain-general abilities will be necessary to investigate and to intervene in developmental dyscalculia groups in the future.

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Numbers go into space?

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Interesting research into developmental dyscalculia.

 Worse performance of adults with DD in the number line task might be due a deficit in mapping numbers onto space which can be partly overcome relying on reference points.

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Fish and Dyscalculia

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if we want to study the genetics behind mathematical abilities, we might benefit from a faster growing species, such as fish.

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Child find mandate from the IDEA

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As a licensed special education teacher and disabilities advocate, one of my first and foremost responsibilities is to follow the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). This law includes the mandate that districts must identify all students with disabilities in their jurisdiction, including homeless students and students placed privately.

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Children with Dyscalculia need/deserve help

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How would a student with poor eyesight fare if his glasses were removed? She could hardly follow the lessons anymore. Assignments on the blackboard would be illegible. And she would soon be getting bad grades. Since that, of course, would be unfair, students are allowed to wear glasses. And while this is still lacking, your disability is compensated in other ways, for example, reading aloud or more time to read. The same should apply to students with dyscalculia, says Dieter Budke, chairman of the “Cologne LRS (dyslexia) and dyscalculia working group”.

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